Narrated by Gabrielle Baker Recently I came across a review for a book by Grace Draven called Eidolon. The review was so effusive in its praise for the book, I immediately wanted to read it. But it came with a qualifier: to enjoy this, the second book, you must have read the first in the…
Highly anticipated sequels can be worrisome. On the one hand, you can’t wait to see what happens to your beloved characters. On the other hand, the book might stink. I’m happy to say that Eidolon is a delightful, fast paced sequel that is a worthy successor to Radiance. Eidolon begins moments after the end of…
Although I am in real life quite afraid of the sea and prefer to stay out of it, I think the best part of Beneath the Waves is the setting. We spend a lot of time in the water, on a boat, on an oil rig, in a city on the bottom of the sea,…
The Ocean Herself saves Kahlen from drowning in a shipwreck and promises her a century free of aging and disease. All Kahlen has to do is join her sister Sirens in singing humans and ships to a watery grave when the Ocean’s hunger becomes overwhelming. With twenty years left to her service and a memory…
Today, AAR reviewers Maggie Boyd and Mary Skelton tackle Fire Touched, the ninth book in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. Here is Maggie’s summary of the novel: Tensions between the fae, humans and the supernatural community at large are at an all-time high. Everyone now knows that magic is in the world, not…
I’ve decided – Megan Derr is one of my new favorite authors. Tournament of Losers is a bit on the short side at only 67K words, but definitely tells the complete story of Rath, dock worker and former prostitute (well, still an occasional prostitute, but at 33, it’s not really a full-time gig anymore), who…
Glass Sword is the second installment in Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen series. Picking up right where book one leaves off, this is a book that will not stand well on its own. It is essential to read Red Queen in order to gain a full understanding of the story. Mare Barrow grew up as a…
Dabney: Haley picked Sarah Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses for her best Romance Novel of 2015. Here’s what she said about the book: This is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, or perhaps East of the Sun West of the Moon, set in a world where humans live precariously alongside dangerous fae. The…
I’ve been reading Aiken’s Dragon Kin series for ages now, and one of my favorite romances is What a Dragon Should Know, the third book. But for some reason I’m not sure of – too many characters, a more and more complex series plot, I don’t know what – as the series progresses, I find…
I’m still sorting out my feelings about Raising the Stakes. I don’t read a ton of fantasy, but I like the genre and the way it challenges my imagination. I was initially wary of a love match between a con artist and an elven warrior but Ms. Cooper makes it work. The story opens in…
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